Small patch of peeling lacquer, suggestions?
Small patch of peeling lacquer, suggestions?
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anonymous-user

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71 months

Saturday 2nd August 2008
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On my Chimaera I have a very small patch of peeling lacquer on the ridge/corner edge where the boot lid sits. It's only a couple of cms long and maybe a couple of mm wide. It doesn't really notice but I'd like to get it sorted before it spreads. The paint underneath it is fine. Any ideas on what I can do?

Edited by BagOfOldRats on Saturday 2nd August 11:56

Mr_B

10,480 posts

260 months

Saturday 2nd August 2008
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Have the same problem on a Lotus Elise. Size around 2cm round in the middle of a panel. Would be interested to know what, if anything, can be done.
Cheers

PJ S

10,842 posts

244 months

Saturday 2nd August 2008
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Suspect, but hard to say for definite without seeing pics or in the flesh, that the area could be treated with a liberal application of fresh clearcoat, then levelled, and polished back up to full lustre.
It'd be a quickish and cheap way to see if it works, knowing as it stands, a full respray of the area is the surest method, which will still be an option if the above doesn't last.

Phil 46

121 posts

227 months

Monday 4th August 2008
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as above really, can you post pictures?

jimmyjawel

9 posts

225 months

Monday 4th August 2008
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It sounds like the basecoat was left to long before
the clear coat was applied so the two coats will not
have adhered to each other, Unfortunately there is no
fix for this as it will spread to the rest of the panel
The only way to put this right is to remove the clear
coat and paint again